Philosophy of the Human Person

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Modern and Christian Philosophies Philosophy of the Human Person people use free will to find self and meaning of lifefreedom to chose one's preferred moral belief system & lifestyleCamus, an atheist is credited for his works about existentialism. He believes that human life is not fully or completely good because of the suffering and looses that occur because of the persons lack of control on their own life. SECULAR EXISTENTIALISM philosophical doctrine all pleasure is good believes "moral goodness is an instrumental good"Mark Twain's Story "The Mysterious Stranger"; the main character was a drug addict. The drugs were a happiness of insanity but they were not a instrinsic good. HEDONISM "self-interest" satisfaction of ones desires; we have "right to go against Natural Law/dignity of human to reach self satisfaction or interest Gay Marriage, Abortion EGIOSM NIHILISM non-religious life stance, that the world and everything in it is not spiritualhuman interest rather than religion Atheist are the best because the don't believe in God or any Gods usually see scientist because they believe in science answers all the questions like the material world SECULAR HUMANISM God created men and saw them as VERY good. As God creates the animals and other creatures, he saw them as good. This is what separated man from animals and other creatures, which gives men the responsibility over earth and the creatures. God created the animals and other creatures as a "gift" to man with the understanding that the call of Stewardship is implied. God created the world in seven days. On the seventh day he rested. The seventh day is called "The Sabbath". This relates to humanity because God rested on this day to acknowledge his work. God gives us a clue that we need to rest to stay mentally emotional, and spiritually well. People are also to worship the seventh day as the Lord's Day, and worship together as a family. CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW Latin word "nihil" meaning nothing at all, does not exist; belief that values are baseless and nothing can be known or communicated one who bows to no authority or no doctrineFriedrich Nietzsche believes that the world has no objective order or structure unless, we give it "Christian Existentialism." Christian Existentialism. N.p., 2002. Web. 16 Sept. 2012. <http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/christian-existentialism-faq.htm>. [EXISTENTIALISM} Trower, Philip. "Existentialism: The Ugly Intruder." Catholic Culture. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2012. <http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=3749>. [EXISTENTIALISM]"Hedonistic Theories." Hedonistic Theories. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2012. <http://philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/hedonism.html>. [HEDONISM]Fox, James. "Hedonism." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 16 Sept. 2012 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07187a.htm>. [HEDONISM]Fox, James. "Egoism." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 16 Sept. 2012 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05328a.htm>. [EGOISM]Shaver, Robert, "Egoism", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), <http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2010/entries/egoism/>. [EGIOSM]Palmieri, Aurelio. "Nihilism." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 16 Sept. 2012 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11074a.htm>. [NIHILISM]Pratt, Alan. “Nihilism.” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 16 Sept. 2012 http://www.iep.utm.edu/nihilism/#H2. [NIHILISM]"Council for Secular Humanism." Council for Secular Humanism. N.p., 16 Sept. 2012. Web. 16 Sept. 2012. <http://www.secularhumanism.org/>. [HUMANISM]Daly, Anne C. "Library : Secular Humanism and Catechesis - Catholic Culture." Library : Secular Humanism and Catechesis - Catholic Culture. The Homiletic & Pastoral Review, Ignatius Press, 2515 McAllister St., San Francisco, CA 94118, 1-800-651-1531., n.d. Web. 16 Sept. 2012. <http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=3422>. [HUMANISM] References